Glenn McGrath and his wife Sara have condemned a “tacky” magazine cover that was heavily photoshopped to look like a wedding picture.
New Idea used a photo of the couple at a recent event in Sydney, and changed the background to a mock wedding scene. Sara is seen wearing a white dress, and the headline reads “Glenn & Sara Exclusive: Our Big Fat Italian Wedding!”
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Former cricketer Glenn and his new wife took to their Twitter accounts to complain about the cover, branding it “rubbish” and “crap”, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported.
The couple were further incensed by the article’s claims that they only went through with their November wedding to “speed up” Italian Sara’s immigration paperwork.
According to the article, the couple’s ‘real’ wedding will be a traditional Catholic ceremony in a tiny village outside Rome, Italy, in the next few weeks.
Both Glenn and Sara were outraged by the story and cover photo, and were quick to write about it on their social networking sites.
“The stuff they write in women’s magazines?! Where do they get it from?” Glenn tweeted. “Though they did get one thing right! Sara’s dad got me a Ducati. That’s why I’m getting my motorbike licence.”
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“What a load of rubbish? Who writes this crap!” Sara posted. “What the heck is a satin purse called a borsa that brides wear? Never heard of it! I love [that] the photoshop job on the cover totally changed my dress colour! And the tarantella how tacky!”
Your say: Do you think Glenn McGrath and Sara have the right to be upset when unauthorised stories are written about them?
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